Icelandic Chickens

[LittleChickSpy]

I am sorry for your loss, Red. I have worried it may be too hot here for Icelandics (chickens and the sheep that are coming in a couple of weeks).
I nearly lost my sultan last week on one of the cooler days so far this summer. She is a flake, and laid right down to pant in direct sunlight, when there was plenty of shade and water available. Luckily, I was outside. It was normal dinnertime for us, so I wouldn't have normally be therecto save her.

 

[RedIII]

LittleChickSpy, I'm glad you saw her! I have heard that Sultans are a more fragile breed, but they're sure pretty to look at.

So far as the heat goes with these birds, I am very hopeful of one of my chicks right now. She is almost pure black and has been going out in the sunlight without being bothered at all by the heat. I hope this bodes good things. I have another chick that is definitely not a hot weather bird, though, and I have been misting them in the afternoon to help them cool off.

 

[Happy Chooks]

We get pretty hot here, and my Icelandics do fine. It was 107 on Monday.

 

[Phoenix Farms]

The eggs are hatching! There's three so far! These are my first Icelandics that I've hatched. I cant wait to see what colours they grow up to be!

 

[RedIII]

Congrats, Phoenix! Yay!

 

[mlm Mike]

Congratulations! Remember to post some pics.

 

[Phoenix Farms]

There's four now! I will have to get pictures later. A lot more are pipping so I dont want to shrink wrap them.

 

[WVMHP]

Anyone in the Colorado Springs area interested in a nice Icelandic cockerel. He's just started crowing and trying to breed my hens. He would be beautiful except he had an accident as a chick and had to have the skin on his neck sewn back together by the vet. We call him "Stitch" I hatched him from eggs I purchased from David Grote at Whippoorwill Farm and Studio. I have a couple of straight-run chicks also available. They've been outside since hatching being raised by my broody hens and don't need heat any longer. Just PM me if you're interested.

 

[Myrth]

I am catching up on list reading after a long week and just now read about your loss, Redill. How sad you lost Flekka to the heat.

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[mlm Mike]

Here are some of my young Icelandics. It really surprises me how big some of the combs and wattles are on some of the pullets.